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A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · directed by Wes Craven · 91 min
26,230 feet · Prominence
208th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredThe 208th highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw60

$57m worldwide in 1984 — $181m in today's money.

As released$57mIn 2026 money$181mRank1,781 of 8,589In 198414 of 93

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise85

Critics 85, awards 0. Half each, so Praise lands at 85.

Critics85 → 43Awards0 → 0

No award rows on file. The awards pass reads Wikidata, which is thin for older and non-English films, so an empty ledger is usually missing data rather than an absence of honours.

How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy80

Judged directly: Freddy Krueger is a permanent horror icon.

Verdict80 of 100IMDb7.4 from 290kWikipedia58k views a monthAge42 years

On the listsNational Film Registryevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 128 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 60 praise 85 legacy 80averages 75, which places it at26,230 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Johnny Depp21,988 ft